Aldeia Segura
Published 30 October 2026, 20:39
Aldeia Segura, Pessoas Seguras — “safe village, safe people”
A state programme for villages near woodland. Each village in it has a local safety officer (oficial de segurança local), shelters and refuges for when a fire is already close are designated in advance, and an evacuation plan is drawn up and sometimes practised in drills. As of September 2026, 2,435 villages are in the programme.
Where you come across it. Living in a village or small town near woodland; the question “where do we go if there's a fire?”
Find out in advance from the junta de freguesia or the câmara whether your area is in the programme and exactly where the refuge is — not on the day of the fire.
Official website: aldeiasseguras.pt